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    Parkinson's Self-Help
    Parkinson's Self-Help
    Parkinson's Self-Help
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    Parkinson's Self-Help

    By Beverley McLeod

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    Parkinson’s Self-Help is a free book inspired by Peter’s eight year Parkinson Journey from diagnosis in 2010 to his crippling symptoms which progressed rapidly while we had no understanding of the disease to restoration of a normal active life. His limbs and organs were all adversely affected and functioned erratically by winter 2014. With dopamine medication and specialist’s help Peter was motivated to regain independence by exercising and walking daily. Within a year his appetite, weight, strength, energy, flexibility and a kilometre twice daily walking habit were restored.
    We describe how Parkinson’s progresses and how with logical, free, self-help remedies Peter took control of them. When the brain is depleted of the dopamine neurotransmitters, its signals to limbs and organs become erratic and bradykinesia, rigidity, tremours and dyskinesia develop. Peter’s messaging pathways in his weakened body were increasingly faulty until dopamine supplements, healthy routines, walking and exercises stimulated his 82 year old brain and Central Nervous System to repair his damaged messaging networks.
    From weak, fragile health in 2014, he has triumphed to enjoy a normal healthy active lifestyle for three years. We address all symptoms in this book and describe remedies which restored Peter’s health; his weakened body, his asthma, mucous filled lungs, double vision, and all other Parkinson symptoms.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeverley McLeod
    Release dateAug 29, 2018
    ISBN9781877357282
    Parkinson's Self-Help
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    Beverley McLeod

    Hello all. As a guide to other Parkinson sufferers our book gives information we could not easily find in 2014 for Self Help as Parkinsons took over my husband Peter’s body and mind. As octogenarians Peter and I now look back on managing his eight year Parkinson Journey as a rewarding challenge faced every day. Daily routines have been essential to successfully convert his debilitating crippling symptoms which led to an inflexible body and ‘all day sleepiness’ back to his previous active lifestyle. Peter’s day begins at 6.30a.m. with his dopamine medications and a kiwifruit taken with three meals six hourly by day, followed by his two shortened sleep times. For the rest of the day his brain and body are stimulated with a variety of planned activities; his twice daily walks, exercise routines, car trips, social times, etc. As Peter feels no thirst, dehydration has to be monitored by day to prevent balance problems, night time wheezing, and mental confusion. We have found fluid intakes every two hours by day have prevented dehydration and Parkinson problems impacting on all his organs and becoming serious health issues. Peter, now 85 years old, has regained total independence and controls all his Parkinson symptoms with healthy daily routines, and together every day we enjoy a quality active lifestyle. However, controlling his Parkinsons and finding new remedies will continue to be a work in progress.

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      Parkinson's Self-Help - Beverley McLeod

      PARKINSON’S SELF-HELP

      Peter’s Journey

      Beverley McLeod

      (with Peter McLeod)

      ISBN 978-1-877357-28-2

      Copyright 2015 Beverley McLeod

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favourite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Forward

      Prologue

      1 —Living with Crippling Parkinson’s

      2 — Conquering Parkinson’s Disease

      3 — Symptoms, Remedies and Healing

      3.1— Cramps, Neuropathy, Restless Legs, Insomnia.

      3.2— Rigid Facial, Neck, Arm and Shoulder Muscles

      3.3 —Tremors, Dyskinesia, and Bradykinesia

      3.4 — Mucous in the Lungs

      3.5 — Weak Heart, Lungs, and Breathlessness

      3.6 — All-day Sleepiness

      3.7— Bladder and Bowel Problems

      3.8 — Low Blood Pressure and Poor Balance

      3.9 — Dehydration

      3.10— Hallucinations, Dreams, Nightmares

      3.11 —Dopamine Depleted from the Brain

      3.12 —Healthy Foods are Good Remedies

      3.13 — Kiwifruits are Super Remedies

      4 — Self Help for Parkinson Patients

      4.1 —The ‘Said Theory’ in Reverse

      4.2 —Learning to Walk Again

      4.3 —The ‘Said’ Theory in Action

      4.4 —Health Benefits of Walking

      4.5 —Gymnasium Routines

      4.6 —Care-giver’s Role to Minimise Suffering

      4.7 —Autonomic Nervous System

      4.8 —The Sub-Conscious Brain at Work

      5—Understanding Parkinson’s Disease

      5.1 —Controlling Parkinson Symptoms

      5.2 —Parkinson Neurological Research

      5.3 —Mental Exercises Improve Cognitive Brain Function

      5.4 —Activities of Brain and Central Nervous System

      5.5 —Neurotransmitters Send Messages all Through the Body

      5.6 —Research Proves the Brain Can be Repaired

      5.7 —Brain Dysfunctions

      6 — Glossary

      Acknowledgements

      Thank you Peter for your support, daily positive attitude, and after overcoming the crippling effects of Parkinson’s Disease, your determination to walk

      and have a good, healthy, quality of life.

      Thanks to our doctors, nurses and others who have helped with Peter’s recovery.

      Thank you Dave Mullan for inspiring me to write this book, for your experience and freely given time, including the book cover design incorporating the photo of 84 year old Peter.

      Thank you Wes D’Audney for your support, excellent advice, freely given time, editing and assistance to enable this book to be published.

      We acknowledge gracious permission to publish from the people and organisations mentioned in this book.

      Forward

      Observers of Peter’s achievements to overcome his crippling Parkinson symptoms have asked me to write this book. Its purpose is to advise others of our remedies which have restored his independence, energy and health to enable a normal physically active life for the past four years. Our frustration that no satisfactory self help advice to prevent progression of his disease was freely available led to the realisation a book full of helpful Parkinson information should be written. My diary recorded Peter’s Eight Year Parkinson Journey and included the medical knowledge acquired which inspired our free self help remedies. This information is freely given with the hope that it will minimise suffering for many other Parkinson patients.

      Peter and Beverley McLeod, Red Beach,

      Auckland, NZ,

      2beverleyandpeter@gmail.com

      Prologue

      Around midnight in November 2017, Peter crept out quietly in his pyjamas and walked barefoot through the village, down the road past the shops and stopped halfway up the hill towards the town.

      He instinctively attempted to wave down an approaching car for a ride home. Perhaps this action and the lights in his face woke him up. He was shocked to find himself standing on the roadside over a kilometre from home. He suddenly felt fatigued and cold, and his bare feet were very sore. His conscious brain then took control and turned him around to walk back down the road, past the traffic lights and shops, to the garage where he asked for a ride home.

      When his request was refused this very cold, tired 84 year old Parkinson man just stood there in his pyjamas, bewildered as he pondered his sore feet which did not want to walk another kilometre to home. Then a police car arrived. Peter gave them his details and the code to open the village gates and he was soon home. After a hot cocoa he slept in his warm bed for an hour. He then woke with breathlessness. He hadn’t used an inhaler for two years but after two puffs his breathlessness was cured and Peter slept well until morning.

      1 —Living with Crippling Parkinson’s

      We have been married for 61 years and have three children and nine grandchildren. Peter was born

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